Shloka 8
निर्जित्य समरे द्रोणं कृतिनं चित्रयोधिनम् । यथा पशुगणान् सिंहस्तद्वद्धन्ता सुतानू मम,जैसे सिंह पशुओंको मार डालता है, उसी प्रकार सात्यकि विचित्र युद्ध करनेवाले दिद्वान् द्रोणाचार्यको भी युद्धमें परास्त करके मेरे पुत्रोंका वध कर डालेंगे
nirjitya samare droṇaṁ kṛtinaṁ citrayodhinam | yathā paśugaṇān siṁhas tadvad dhantā sutānū mama ||
Sañjaya said: Having overcome Droṇa in battle—Droṇa the accomplished master of arms and a warrior of wondrous prowess—Sātyaki will then slay my sons, just as a lion strikes down herds of beasts. The line underscores the grim moral weight of war: even the defeat of a venerable teacher becomes merely a step toward further slaughter, and the speaker’s fear sharpens into a stark, predatory simile.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical bleakness of war: even a revered teacher’s defeat becomes instrumental to further killing. Through the lion-and-herd simile, it frames battlefield power as predatory inevitability, intensifying the sense of moral rupture and helpless fear.
Sañjaya foresees (or reports in heightened terms) that Sātyaki will overcome Droṇa in combat and, after that victory, proceed to kill Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons, likened to a lion destroying a herd.